A little more than half of Americans, 54%, have given at least some thought to the coming presidential race, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in the month before the midterm election. Fewer, 40%, said they’re looking forward to it, with 27% saying they’re dreading it and the rest expressing neither outlook.
The CNN poll was conducted by SSRS from October 15-18 among a random national sample of 1,701 US adults drawn from a probability-based panel. Surveys were either conducted online or by telephone with a live interviewer. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.